getting started

Hi All, I have been a pigeon owner (Loft of racing bred pigeons) for a few years... However, I am struggling with success. I was wondering if I could get some tips and tricks on here about how to have healthier pigeons, with a better hatch. Here is some info about my coop (it is new, only a...

I have a lot of experience with birds but never had pigeons.Ive had several parrots and I do currently have chickens but pigeons are completely new for me. I recently got four baby homing pigeons of various colors. Three babies are 22 days old. The fourth one is 17 days old and i hand feed him...

Ever since I joined this forum I've had my eye on the sky watching for pigeons. We don't have many where I'm from, in fact we don't have any. There's some feral pigeons in a town about a half an hour drive from us but that's all I've noticed. But today I saw a flock circling a house just a...

Hello, I'm new to the site and to the sport and had some questions about getting started for next year. Apart from the loft and it's accommodations, i.e. perches and such, what else is needed as far as equipment for racing as a beginner? Secondly, I contacted my local club and I was told to...

I am thinking about getting into racing homing pigeons but it seems the more I look into it the more confused I get. I see pigeons with winning lines for sale for $200 more or less and I see others for $10 a bird. When is a bird worth more? Obviously a winning racer would fetch more than a bird...